On the question whether the petition should fail on the fact that the individual who arrested the petitioner was not cited as a respondent in the case, Sharvananda J stated the following: “What the petitioner is complaining of is an infringement of his fundamental rights by “executive or administrative action”, i.e. that the State has through the instrumentality of an over-zealous or despotic official, committed the transgression of his constitutional right.
Sobre si debía rechazarse la demanda por no haberse citado como demandado a la persona que detuvo al demandante, Sharvananda J. declaró lo siguiente: "Lo que constituye la queja del demandante es una infracción de sus derechos fundamentales por "un acto del ejecutivo o la administración", es decir, que el Estado, con el concurso de un funcionario excesivamente puntilloso o despótico, vulneró su derecho constitucional.